US court asked to reinstate death sentence in double slaying

US court asked to reinstate death sentence in double slaying

Feb. 27, 2018

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana attorney general's office is asking a federal appeals court to reinstate the death sentence of a man convicted of killing a central Indiana woman and her 4-year-old daughter.

The filing asks the full U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago to review a January decision from a three-judge panel that found Frederick Baer had ineffective legal counsel during his trial. The panel sent the case back to a Madison County court for a new sentencing hearing.

The 46-year-old Indianapolis man was convicted of the 2004 slayings of 26-year-old Cory Clark and her 4-year-old daughter Jenna at their rural Madison County home near Lapel, about 25 miles northeast of Indianapolis.